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I'll always remember Merrill as a gentleman of fine intelligence.
Wade D Marlow
July 24, 2021
Bellingham, Washington
Mar 21, 1932 – Jun 25, 2021 (Age 89)
Merrill Embert Lewis March 21, 1932 - June 25, 2021 Bellingham, Washington - Merrill Embert Lewis, age 89, died at home with family after a long illness. He was born in California in 1932 to Howard and Ida Lewis. During the depression, the family of five moved to Baker, Oregon, where he...
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Wade D Marlow
July 24, 2021
Dr. Merrill Lewis was a well-known and well-respected Professor of English at Western Washington University: so intelligent, patient, and devoted to his students and his work. His pioneering scholarship on women writers of the American West has remained foundational to the academic field into the twenty-first century. May he rest in peace.
Laura Laffrado
July 11, 2021
Dear Lorene and family, Lyle and I send our sincere condolences in the loss of Merrill. We are privileged to have known such a fine, sweet, talented person, as well as you, Lorene. We have shared friendships...so important to us. May God bless you and keep you and may we see each other again. With much love and friendship from Betty and lyle
Betty and Lyle Harris Sr.
July 08, 2021 | Friend
We will all miss the "Father of Edison Wheat". Merrill was such a humble and kind person and we felt privileged to take his beloved Edison wheat and expand its growing and use through out schools and bakeries in the PNW and California. Sue and I will always value our time spent with Merrill. Very few people knew what an accomplished cereal grain breeder this quiet, retired professor really was... Rest in peace Merrill.
Tom Hunton, Camas Country Mill
July 05, 2021 | Friend
At age 13, my family moved from New Jersey to New Mexico. I have lived the balance of my life in the West. Merrill Lewis's excellent classes at Western guided me in thinking and reading about the West. He was a master teacher. His work stays with me. I miss him. Rob Stothart
Rob Stothart
July 05, 2021